VI.--AT THE CLERK'S
VII.--TRONDENÆS
VIII.--AT HOME
IX.--THE CHRISTMAS VISIT
X.--THE STORM
XI.--CONCLUSION




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PART I

INTRODUCTION


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INTRODUCTION


I know many people who have felt the same inclination that sometimes
comes over me, to choose bad weather to go out in. They are generally
men who have passed from a childhood lived in the open air of the
country, to an occupation which entails much sitting still, and for whom
the room sometimes seems to become too narrow and confined--or else they